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BORJA-BRAVO, Mercedes; REYES-MURO, Luis; GARCIA-SALAZAR, José Alberto  e  ALMERAYA-QUINTERO, Silvia Xochilt. Type of grape growers (Vitis vinifera L.) in Aguascalientes, México. Rev. Mex. Cienc. Agríc [online]. 2016, vol.7, n.2, pp.249-261. ISSN 2007-0934.

The design of public policies and targeting of resources to support the production of grapes (Vitis vinifera L.) require the socioeconomic and productive characterization of grape growers. It was designed and applied a semistructured 50 winemakers in seven municipalities of Aguascalientes survey; statistical tools and conglomerates principal components were used to determine the type and characteristics of each group. The results indicate that the winemakers of Aguascalientes are classified into three groups: small (78%), medium (18%) and large (4%). Small producers specialize in the production of grapes for industry and table, with an average area of 2 ha, obtained an average yield of 12.9 t ha-1, an average income of $ 49 423 ha-1 and are located in the municipality El Llano and Cosio. Producing means producing table grapes are located in the municipality of Cosio, they have an average area of 4.5 ha, obtained an average yield of 16 t ha-1 and an average income of $ 144 800 ha-1. Large producers produce grapes for industry, are scattered in several municipalities, have an average area of 16 ha, obtained an average yield of 24 t ha-1 and an average income of $ 83 800 ha-1. The design of public policies and support for the target population in the study area could consider the size of premises, varieties and socioeconomic aspects.

Palavras-chave : Vitis vinifera L.; groups; vintners.

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